The planet Neptune, as seen by NASA’s Voyager 2 probe during a flyby in August of 1989. In astronomy, 180 years is a very long time—maybe not for the goings-on in the universe but certainly for our ...

Six planets will line up in a rare "planetary parade" this month - but spotting them all won't be easy.

In a bid to push for space tourism in the future, a commercial startup known as Space Perspective has unveiled its latest take on a vessel that will bring humans to the cosmos, the Neptune. This is ...

Neptune, the most distant major planet in the Solar System, has finally given up one of its longest held secrets. After decades of hints and near misses, astronomers now have crisp, direct views of ...

Stargazers will be able to view six of the Solar System’s planets form a straight line as they take their place in a parade of planets. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune, and Uranus will all ...

The eighth and most distant planet from the sun, Neptune, reaches opposition with the sun on Sept.23, when it will be in its best position for viewing for the year. Neptune is too faint to see with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neptune, long believed to be dark blue, is actually very pale like Uranus, scientists say. They used modern telescopes to ...

In astronomy, 180 years is a very long time—maybe not for the goings-on in the universe but certainly for our understanding of it. To be fair, we still don’t. But our understanding of our sun’s family ...